HYS

Hays Regional Airport

ICAO KHYS38.8445°N 99.2731°W1,999 ft / 609 mMedium airport
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Hays Regional Airport (IATA: HYS, ICAO: KHYS) is a medium airport in Hays, Kansas, United States. It opened in Apr 1960. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,501 ft (1,982 m). In 2025 it handled 34 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1960–1960
APR 1960
OpenedHays Regional Airport opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
16/34167° / 347° · LIT
LENGTH6,501 ft1,982 mWIDTH100 ft31 mSURFACEConcrete
04/22048° / 228° · LIT
LENGTH4,501 ft1,372 mWIDTH75 ft23 mSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2015–2025
17K
17K
19K
45K
58K
19K
22K
31K
42K
35K
34K
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Routes

1 destinations · 1 country
250 km500 km100 mi200 mi300 miDEN · Denver International Airport · 297 mi / 478 kmDENHYS

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from HYS. From the Wikipedia article “Hays Regional Airport” (revision of 20 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers34K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,235of 3,974 · #518 North America · #350 USLongest runway6,501 ft1,982 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=4,074of 29,823 · =1,009 North America · =768 USElevation1,999 ft609 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=8,909of 43,341 · =4,059 North America · =3,074 USAgeOpened 19602026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,584of 15,079 · =3,130 North America · =3,055 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

4 channels
AWOSAWOS 3125.525
CNTRKANSAS CITY CNTR124.400
RDOWICHITA RDO122.300
UNICCTAF/UNICOM122.800